Okx Cex Bot

OKX CEX Bot Trading

Grid and DCA (Spot & Contract Martingale) bot management on OKX. All bots are native OKX server-side — they run on OKX and do not require a local process.

Preflight

Before running any command, follow `../_shared/preflight.md`. Use metadata.version from this file's frontmatter as the reference for Step 2.

Prerequisites

npm install -g @okx_ai/okx-trade-cli
okx config init   # select site -> follow browser OAuth flow

Security: NEVER accept credentials in chat. Guide users to okx config init for setup.

Credential & Profile Check

Run before every authenticated command. The auth method is detected during preflight Step 2 and remembered for the session.

Step A — Verify credentials

Run both commands — the apiKey field from okx auth status --json is the auth-binary's internal state and is always false regardless of whether ~/.okx/config.toml has an API-key profile. okx config show --json is the only authoritative source for API-key presence.

okx config show --json      # reveals API-key profiles (TOML config)
okx auth status --json      # reveals OAuth session state (auth-binary state)

Apply in this order — first match wins:

• config show --json has any profile with a non-empty api_key field → API Key mode. Proceed to Step B.
• No API-key profile AND auth status --json returns "status":"logged_in" → OAuth mode. Proceed to Step B.
• No API-key profile AND "status":"pending" — login is in progress, wait for it to complete.
• No API-key profile AND "status":"not_logged_in" — stop, load okx-cex-auth skill and follow login steps, wait for completion.

Step B — Confirm trading mode

Resolution:

1. User intent is clear ("real"/"实盘"/"live" → live; "test"/"模拟"/"demo" → demo) → use it, inform user
2. No explicit declaration → check conversation context for previous choice → reuse if found
3. Nothing found → ask: "Live (实盘) or Demo (模拟盘)?" — wait before proceeding

How to apply the mode depends on auth method (detected in Step A):

• API Key users: run okx config show --json to discover available profile names and their demo settings.
• OAuth users: omit flags for live; add --demo for simulated trading.

After every command: append [mode: live] or [mode: demo]

Handling 401 Errors

Authentication error (error contains "401", "Session expired", or "Run okx auth login first"):

1. Stop immediately
2. Load okx-cex-auth skill and follow re-authentication steps
3. Retry original command

Skill Routing

Command Index

Grid Bot

DCA Bot (Spot & Contract)

Operation Flow

Step 1 — Identify bot type and action

Parse user request → determine module (Grid / DCA) and action (create / stop / list / details).

Step 2 — Execute

READ commands (orders, details, sub-orders): run immediately after profile confirmation.

WRITE commands (create, amend, stop): confirm key parameters with user once before executing.

Step 3 — Verify after writes

• After create → run the corresponding orders command to confirm active
• After amend → run bot grid details to confirm updated config
• After stop → run orders --history to confirm stopped

Key Rules

• Never auto-transfer funds. If balance is insufficient for bot creation, report the shortfall (current available vs required) and ask the user how to proceed: (1) transfer funds manually, (2) reduce size, or (3) cancel.
• `algoId` is the bot's algo order ID (from create or list output). It is NOT a normal ordId. Never fabricate — always obtain from a prior command.
• `algoOrdType` for grid must match the bot's actual type. Always use the value from bot grid orders — do not infer from user description alone. Mismatch causes error 50016.
• When operating on existing bots, always list first to get correct IDs, unless the user provides them explicitly.
• TP/SL constraints: tpTriggerPx/tpRatio and slTriggerPx/slRatio are mutually exclusive pairs.

CLI Command Reference

Grid Bot — Create

okx bot grid create --instId <id> --algoOrdType <type> \
  --maxPx <px> --minPx <px> --gridNum <n> \
  [--runType <1|2>] \
  [--quoteSz <n>] [--baseSz <n>] \
  [--direction <long|short|neutral>] [--lever <n>] [--sz <n>] \
  [--basePos] [--no-basePos] \
  [--tpTriggerPx <px>] [--slTriggerPx <px>] [--tpRatio <ratio>] [--slRatio <ratio>] \
  [--algoClOrdId <id>] [--json]

Grid Bot — Amend

okx bot grid amend --algoId <id> \
  [--maxPx <px> --minPx <px> --gridNum <n>] \
  [--instId <id>] \